• First Woman in Opus Dei to be named ‘Blessed’

Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri, a professor of Chemistry, is one step closer to be beatified by the Catholic Church. In June 9, 2018, Pope Francis approved a miracle attributed to Guadalupe’s intercession, an overnight cure of a cancer. True to Opus Dei’s mission of spreading the Church’s message of being holy in one’s profession, Guadalupe was and academic, and also headed the first university residence of Opus Dei in Spain, and later started centres of learning and culture in Mexico.